Activities at Queens Manor Care Home

Resident, Doris Duncanson, a music lover from a very young age, loves playing piano from her bedroom and have an audience just outside her room.

Head of Lifestyle Enrichment, Suzy Cardoso says: "Doris absolutely loves playing for residents, so why not have a mini concert outside her room, Doris is so passionate about this, she even takes requests from the residents, from hymns to musical theatre songs – she can play it all, super skilled!’

Congratulations to Michael Shaw, who has been named as a Divisional Winner in the 2020 Barchester Care Awards. Michael is a finalist in the Carer of the Year category and has been invited to attend an awards ceremony on 8th October, where he will find out if he has won overall.

Queens Manor Resident, Geraldine enjoyed having her very long hair restyled by QM hairdresser Karen. Looking super glamourous and with comments of looking like Krystle Carrington from the 1980’s series ‘Dynasty’, Geraldine has quite the skip in her step!

Looking fabulous all in red, her nails were then painted to match the outfit. Geraldine loved her make over and relished such a gorgeous pamper day. This is something that every resident enjoys as part of the Queens Manor lifestyle programme.

It’s so rewarding to see residents enjoy these times and enabling them to get that feel good factor. Hairdresser Karen Dyer said: ‘It is so rewarding to style a residents hair & they love it – such a boost of confidence and they often tell me – “I feel 10 years younger”!’

Queens Manor Resident, Irene loves to sit out in the sunshine.  Green-fingered residents have spent time in the gardens to enjoy a spot of weeding which has inspired Irene to make her own garden area extra special.

With some plants and packets of seeds to put into her garden and a beautiful hanging basket from her son, Irene has completely transformed her garden.  She is so proud of what she has achieved and it has created a conversation spot when residents are out for a garden walk. Other residents are now actively doing their garden areas too and helping each other cut the grass and clean the communal areas.

It is so special to see residents taking responsibility for their new home space and feeling good about making it their own. Irene is really looking so well with a little garden tan after lots of time out in the sunshine. Now she can sit back with a glass of wine and admire all her efforts.

Our Lifestyle Coordinator, Gillian Rutherford said ‘The responsibility and pride Irene takes in her garden is really inspirational & has given her a new found spring in her step’

The importance of keeping active is a high priority for Residents here at Queens Manor and lots of our residents have previously enjoyed golfing. Other residents haven’t tried it before and have been expressing an interest in trying something new. Residents Myra, Tom and Pamela soon got to work on a stretch of grass in the gardens and created our very own golf putting green!

Everyone’s really enjoying this fun and positive experience. It keeps us active in the fresh air and when followed by afternoon tea and cake, what could be better? To everyone’s delight, some of our lesser experienced golfers have also turned out to be highly skilled putters!

Our General Manager Sharon generously donated a putter and golf balls and whilst we’re maybe no Gleneagles, the new ‘Queens Manor Putting Links’ is a stunning little local course in its own league, where several hole in ones have already been achieved! Planning for a putting championship and trophy is now underway…

We have such beautiful gardens here at Queens Manor so it’s wonderful when it’s warm and today we took advantage of a summery day and played charades in the sunshine.